Epstein

The surname Epstein (עפּשטײן) is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa ("water", in the sense of a river) and German -stein ("stone", in the sense of a hill).

Some people with this name include:

Arts

 * Abby Epstein, American documentary director and producer
 * Alex Epstein (writer) (born 1963), American Canadian writer and film producer
 * Alex Epstein (born 1971), Israeli writer
 * Alvin Epstein (1925–2018), American actor and director
 * Asaf Epstein (born 1978), Israeli film director, writer, and producer
 * Barbara Epstein (1928–2006), American literary editor
 * Benita Epstein, American cartoonist
 * Brett Epstein (born 1978), American musician, songwriter, and record producer
 * Brian Epstein (1934–1967), businessman, manager of the Beatles
 * Daniel Epstein (pianist) (born 1946), American pianist
 * Daniel Mark Epstein (born 1948), American biographer and poet
 * David Epstein (conductor) (1930–2002), American composer, conductor, and music scientist
 * Deborah Epstein (born 1984), French-American singer-songwriter more commonly known as SoShy
 * Dena Epstein (1916–2013), American music librarian, writer, and musicologist
 * Dorrit Epstein (1917–2014), Czech British graphic designer
 * Edward Jay Epstein (1935–2024), American author and early critic of the Warren Commission
 * Elisabeth Epstein (1879–1956), Russian painter
 * Emily Rose Epstein, American drummer
 * Freyda Epstein (1956–2003), American folk musician
 * Gustav von Epstein (1828–1879), commissioned the Palais Epstein.
 * Győző Epstein (1879–1945), Hungarian sculptor, graphic artist, and painter
 * Howie Epstein (1955–2003), American bass guitarist
 * Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), American-British sculptor
 * Jacob Epstein (art collector) (1864–1945), Lithuanian-American merchant, philanthropist, and art collector
 * Jacob Epstein (writer), American television writer
 * Jake Epstein (born 1987), Canadian actor
 * Jason Epstein (1928–2022), American publisher who popularized the trade paperback
 * Jean Epstein (1897–1953), French filmmaker
 * Jennifer Cody Epstein, American novelist
 * Jerome Epstein (director) (1922–1991), American filmmaker
 * Joseph Epstein (born 1937), American editor and essayist
 * Josh Epstein, Canadian actor, producer and writer
 * Joshua Epstein (violinist) (born 1940), Israeli musician
 * Julius Epstein (1832–1926), Croatian pianist
 * Julius J. Epstein (1909–2000), American Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother of Philip G. Epstein
 * June Epstein (1918–2004), Australian author, radio broadcaster, musician, and disability advocate
 * Kalama Epstein (born 2000), American actor
 * Kathie Lee Epstein (born 1953), maiden name of Kathie Lee Gifford, American television host
 * Kathleen Epstein (1901–1979), American-British sculptor
 * Lawrence J. Epstein (born 1946), American author
 * Leslie Epstein (born 1938), American novelist
 * Marie Epstein (1899–1995), Polish-French actress and film preservationist
 * Marti Epstein (born 1959), American composer
 * Mel Epstein (1910–1994), American film director and producer
 * Michael J. Epstein (born 1976), American filmmaker and musician
 * Mikhail Epstein (born 1950), Russian-American literary theorist and Emory University professor
 * Mitch Epstein (born 1952), American photographer
 * Peter Epstein (born 1967), American jazz saxophonist
 * Philip G. Epstein (1909–1952), American Oscar-winning screenwriter, brother to Julius J. Epstein
 * Rob Epstein (born 1955), American director
 * Robin Epstein, American artist
 * Sadie Kuttner Epstein (1883–1973), American concert singer
 * Selma Epstein (1927–2014), American concert pianist
 * Steven Epstein (music producer), U.S. classical music producer with Sony
 * Ted Epstein, American drummer
 * Temi Epstein (born 1975), American child actress
 * Zale "Zalezy" Epstein, Canadian songwriter and musician

Mathematics

 * Bernard Epstein (1920–2005), American mathematician and physicist
 * Charles Epstein (mathematician), American applied mathematician
 * David B. A. Epstein (born 1937), British mathematician
 * Lenore A. Epstein (1914–1994), American statistician
 * Paul Epstein (1871–1939), German mathematician
 * Paul Sophus Epstein (1883-1966), American mathematician/physicist of Polish/Russian origin and California Institute of Technology professor.
 * Richard Arnold Epstein (1927–2016), American mathematician and game theorist

Military

 * Giora Epstein (born 1938), "ace of aces" Israeli fighter pilot
 * Joseph Epstein (1911–1944), communist French resistance leader

Religion

 * Abraham Epstein (born 1841), Russo-Austrian rabbinical scholar
 * Aryeh Leib Epstein (1708–1775), Polish rabbi
 * Baruch Epstein (1860–1941), Lithuanian rabbi and the son of Yechiel Michel Epstein
 * Ephraim Epstein (1876–1960), American Orthodox rabbi
 * Greg Epstein (born 1977), Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University from 2005
 * Isidore Epstein (1894–1962), English rabbi and rabbinical scholar
 * Jehiel Michel Epstein, 17th-century writer and ethicist
 * Klonimus Kalman Epstein (1753–1825), Polish rabbi, Kabbalist and a leader of the Chassidic movement
 * Marc Michael Epstein, American religious scholar
 * Mendel Epstein, American rabbi and kidnapper, also known as "The Prodfather"
 * Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), rabbi and author of the Levush Mordechai
 * Moshe Yechiel Epstein (1889–1971), Hasidic rabbi and Israel Prize recipient
 * Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), Lithuanian rabbi and author of the Arukh HaShulkhan
 * Yitzchak Eizik Epstein (1770–1857), Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and scholar
 * Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), Rosh Yeshiva of the Shaar HaTorah-Grodno Yeshiva, located in Kew Gardens, New York

Science and medicine

 * Alex Epstein (born 1980), American energy theorist
 * Alois Epstein (1849–1918), Czech pediatrician
 * Anthony Epstein (1921–2024), British pathologist and academic
 * Arnold Epstein, American health scholar
 * Berthold Epstein (1890–1962), Czech pediatrician and professor
 * Charles Epstein (geneticist) (1933–2011), American geneticist and Unabomber victim
 * Claire Epstein (1911–2000), Israeli archaeologist
 * Edward Epstein (meteorologist) (1931–2008), American developer of statistical weather forecasting
 * Fred Epstein (1937–2006), American pediatric neurosurgeon
 * Gerald Epstein (1935–2019), American psychiatrist
 * Isadore Epstein (1919–1995), American astronomer
 * Joshua M. Epstein, American epidemiologist
 * Lenore Epstein (born 1942), birth name of Lenore Blum, computer scientist and mathematician
 * Mark Epstein (born 1953), American psychotherapist
 * Martha C. Epstein (1927–2003), American geneticist
 * Sir Michael A. Epstein (1921–2024), British pathologist, discoverer of the Epstein-Barr virus.
 * Robert Epstein (born 1953), American psychologist
 * Robert M. Epstein (born 1928), American anesthesiologist
 * Rose Frisch (Rose Epstein Frisch, 1918–2015), American biologist
 * Russell Epstein, American psychologist
 * Samuel Epstein (1926–2018), American doctor and professor of environmental medicine
 * Samuel Epstein (geochemist) (1919–2001), Canadian-American geochemist
 * Slava Epstein, American marine biologist and microbial ecologist
 * Stephen Epstein (cardiologist), American cardiologist and medical researcher

Sport

 * Andrew Epstein (born 1996), American soccer player
 * Charlotte Epstein (1884–1938), nicknamed "Eppie", American Hall of Fame swimming coach, "Mother of Women's Swimming in America"
 * Denis Epstein (born 1986), German football player
 * Dmitry Epstein (born 1993), Dutch pair skater
 * Eddie Epstein, baseball statistician
 * Esther Epstein (born 1954), American chess player
 * Hayden Epstein (born 1980), American NFL football player
 * Jan Epstein (1918–1988), Australian cricketer
 * Kurt Epstein (1904–1975), Czechoslovakian Olympic water polo player
 * Mike Epstein, (born 1943), American major league baseball player
 * Ray Epstein (born 1959), Australian Paralympic weightlifter and powerlifting coach
 * Theo Epstein (born 1973), American President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs

Politics and law

 * Anthony C. Epstein (born 1952), American jurist
 * Benjamin Epstein (1912–1983), Anti-Defamation League director
 * Daniel Z. Epstein (born 1983), American lawyer
 * David G. Epstein, American law professor
 * Eliahu Epstein (1903–1990), birth name of Eliahu Eilat, Israeli diplomat and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 * Eric Epstein, American political activist
 * Gloria Epstein, Canadian judge
 * Harvey Epstein (born 1967), American politician
 * Howard Epstein (born 1949), Canadian politician
 * Jerome Epstein (politician) (born 1937), American politician and criminal
 * Lee Epstein (born 1958), American political scientist
 * Leon Epstein (1919–2006), American political scientist
 * Leopold Vail Epstein (1910–1991), American attorney and father of Linda McCartney
 * Mitzi Epstein, American politician
 * Moses J. Epstein (c. 1911–1960), American politician
 * Philip Michael Epstein (born 1942), Canadian family law lawyer
 * Richard Epstein (born 1943), American law professor
 * Samuel Epstein (politician) (1890–1951), American politician, lawyer, and physician
 * William Epstein (1912–2001), Canadian international civil servant

Other

 * Alek Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist
 * Alan Epstein (1949–2016), American travel writer
 * Alan H. Epstein (born 1949), American aeronautical engineer
 * Betty Halff-Epstein (1905–1991), Swiss entrepreneur and second-wave feminist
 * Bill Epstein (1924–1999), British social anthropologist
 * Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, American sociologist
 * David Epstein (Australia) (born 1963), Australian public affairs specialist
 * David Epstein (gangster), former member of Epstein–Wolmark gang, son of Mendel Epstein
 * David Epstein (journalist), American journalist
 * Eleni Epstein (1925–1991), American fashion journalist
 * Fritz T. Epstein (1898–1979), American historian
 * Gabriel Epstein (1918–2017), British architect and urban planner
 * Gene Epstein (born 1944), American economist
 * Hadassah Spira Epstein (1909–1992), American dancer
 * Hedy Epstein (1924–2016), Jewish anti-Zionist
 * Helen Epstein (born 1947), American author and memoirist
 * Helen Epstein (journalist) (born 1961), American journalist and professor
 * Israel Epstein (1915–2005), Polish-Chinese journalist
 * Jacob Epstein (banker) (1771–1843), Polish banker and philanthropist
 * Jacob Epstein (spy) (1903–1998), American alleged Soviet intelligence agent
 * Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019), American financier and sex offender
 * Jonathan Epstein, Australian economist
 * Julius Epstein (writer) (1901–1975), American journalist and scholar
 * Larry G. Epstein, Canadian economist
 * Lewis Carroll Epstein, American physics author
 * Louise Epstein (born 1965), Swedish journalist and author
 * Mark Epstein (property developer) (born 1954), American property developer and brother of Jeffrey Epstein
 * Melech Epstein (1889–1979), American journalist and historian
 * Nadine Epstein, American journalist and author
 * Nicky Epstein, American knitting designer and author
 * Randi Hutter Epstein (born 1962), American medical writer, author and journalist
 * Ron Epstein (born 1942), American Buddhist scholar and translator
 * Ruth Wilson Epstein (1906–1996), American nurse and wife of Jacob Epstein (spy)
 * Simon Epstein (born 1947), Israeli economist and historian
 * Sorella Epstein (1931–1941), Latvian Holocaust victim
 * Stephan R. Epstein (1960–2007), British economic historian
 * Steven Epstein (academic), American sociologist
 * T. Scarlett Epstein (1922–2014), British-Austrian social anthropologist and economist
 * Yishaq Epstein (1862–1943), Hebrew linguist and educator

Fictional characters

 * Juan Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Welcome Back, Kotter
 * Dov Epstein, fictional character on the TV series Rookie Blue
 * Solomon Epstein, inventor of the Epstein-Fusion Drive in the novel and TV series The Expanse

Variant surnames

 * Katja Ebstein (born 1945), German singer
 * Richard Ebstein (born 1943), American behavioral geneticist
 * Wilhelm Ebstein (1836–1912), German physician and nutritionist
 * David Eppstein (born 1963), American computer scientist
 * Margaret J. Eppstein, American complex systems theorist
 * Nikolay Epshtein (1918–2005), Soviet ice hockey coach
 * Paul Eppstein (1902–1944), German sociologist and Holocaust victim
 * Seraphine Eppstein (1861–1942), American clubwoman and hospital administrato
 * Shakne Epshtein (1883–1945), Soviet journalist
 * Alex Epshteyn, computer programmer
 * Boris Epshteyn (born 1982), political commentator